The article below explains how to add expected grades to your EAPs, this adds additional optional functionality where you can compare a students uploaded grade to their expected grade in that term, to easily see if they're above, on or below where they're expected to be.
Editing / Defining EAPs
After creating an EAP, you’re taken to the EAP Detail page. Alternatively, you can access this by clicking DATA (A1) > KS5 and cohort (A2) > KS4/EAP (A3) > EAP/Baselines (A4) > EAP (A5) > click on an EAP Name (A6).
Within an EAP, the baseline is used to group students onto their pathway and is listed down the column on the left.
There are two ways in which the pathways for an EAP can be managed, either manually within Analytics or via an Excel import, these are both explained in more detail below.
To clear all expected grades in your EAP, click ‘Clear EAP (A7)’, or to edit your EAP name, description, baseline subject, or grade method used, click ‘Edit EAP (A8)’.
Option 1 / Import Expected Grades
Click ‘Export EAP’ (A9) to export your EAP into Excel. In Excel, paste in the grades or type these into the grid in Excel, then save as a CSV (MS DOS) file, as shown in the example below. This may be easier than manually typing these into Analytics.
You would need to ensure that the correct number of baseline rows and term columns are included, in order for your expected grades to be entered in the correct cells. Another thing to bear in mind is that the grade methods accepted for each term won’t be shown in Excel, so you need to ensure you’re using the correct grades for each term.
Once saved, click ‘Import EAP’ (B1) and select the file you wish to import. Analytics will then carry out a file health check to identify any issues with the file, for example if there is a duplicated baseline or if the baseline does not match any in the EAP. For more information on these potential issues, see here - EAP File Health Check Issues (Admin).
Click ‘Import’ (B2) and Analytics will populate the EAP with the expected grades in the file.
Option 2 / Manually Enter Expected Grades
You can manually define or edit the pathway for a specific baseline using the blue pencil icon in the Actions column. This will display 7 boxes where you can enter the expected grades for the Y12-Y13 and KS5 Exams term. Valid grades will be highlighted yellow, whilst grades that do not match the assigned grade method for that term will be highlighted red. You can press TAB on your keyboard to quickly move across to the next box. Click ‘Save’ (B2) to save the changes.
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Copies the grades from the row immediately above/below into the selected row. |
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Increases grades in the selected row by one sub grade based on the grade method. |
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Decreases grades in the selected row by one sub grade based on the grade method. |
+ and - works indiscriminately of the grade methods selected. If intervals between sub grades aren't consistent, then an increment could be greater for one grade than the other. As such, we'd recommend double checking the grades generated.
You can then work through each relevant baseline. It’s not essential to complete every pathway, you only need to complete those that are relevant for your data.
Example EAP
A completed EAP may look something like the example shown; however bear in mind that the expected grades you would enter would need to be decided by the school and those shown below are for demonstration purposes.
You can then repeat this process to create additional EAPs for your remaining qualifications, or copy an existing EAP. For more information on copying EAPs, please see our copying EAPs guide.
Once all EAPs have been created, you can upload grades. You will then need to select the appropriate EAP for each qualification on the Matching page (GRADES > Matching).
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